Wikipedia - External Links Are Now "nofollow" - WickedFire - Affiliate Marketing Forum

ConceptualMind · 01-21-2007, 02:20 AM

At Jimbo Wales' directive, all external links within the English language Wikipedia are now coded "nofollow" -- this should help cut spamming immensely once word gets out in the SEO community.

Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

kyleirwin · 01-21-2007, 02:58 AM

i knew it would happen eventually...

but... FUCK!!!!

Stanley · 01-21-2007, 03:05 AM

that sucks, but it was inevitable

jened · 01-21-2007, 03:45 AM

so any countries left that still don't have nofollow in place?

joe · 01-21-2007, 03:53 AM

That's ghey.

drloveless · 01-21-2007, 04:30 AM

I thought they would have done it long ago.

aim · 01-21-2007, 10:18 AM

Yeah, that sucks. All those hours spent spamming wikipedia, gone to waste...

Actually I've always thought that the SE's probably already discounted external links from wikipedia to an extent anyway.

What kind of huge effect to you think this can have across the web? I mean Wikipedia is such a huge authoritative site, I bet all of their external links were serving as anchors for lots of other sites, etc..

emp · 01-21-2007, 10:21 AM

Yes, external links from wikipedia are/were discounted at some SEs already.

While this might affect SE rankings, a good spam on wikipedia will still get the follow through traffic.

::emp::

sebastya · 01-21-2007, 11:16 AM

bitches...doesnt really affect me however..lol

Romestar · 01-21-2007, 11:23 AM

this ruined my day

aim · 01-21-2007, 11:27 AM

I have dozens of links inside Wikipedia for site which rank very well for their keywords. I'll report back if I notice a drop in SERPS from this change.

Deliguy · 01-21-2007, 11:02 PM

bitches!
its true. i know they were having a kanipshit over my posts in the editor forums. Kinda funny to read, but yeah this sucks

thekohser · 01-21-2007, 11:12 PM

I hope the folks on this message board realize that Wikipedia ([WikiEN-l] Nofollow back on URL links on en.wikipedia.org articles for now) literally wishes death upon anyone who tries to add links for SEO purposes.

But, please don't despair. I am co-developing a new wiki directory called Centiare that is proving to me (and I hope proves to others, soon) that because we're employing semantic tagging, we're actually getting BETTER Google search results than Wikipedia gets. In fact, if you search Google for ..."largest commercial printers" Orlando... you'll discover that "Fidelity Press" comes up #2, thanks to a Centiare page about it. But there's no Wikipedia mention. Why? Because Google actually OMITS the Wikipedia result for "Fidelity Press" as a duplicate, we surmise because it "prefers" the Centiare semweb technology over the page from Wikipedia!

People, stop fighting against the children who run Wikipedia, read this (http://www.sbwire.com/news/view/10157), and this (Centiare:Search Engine Optimization) - Centiare, the free directory, and get your SEO in gear at Centiare. We would WELCOME you -- not figure out ways to ban you.

Gregory Kohs
Co-Developer, Centiare.com

aeiouy · 01-21-2007, 11:13 PM

Should have always been that way. Never really a good reason for those links to pass PR.

JennyAppleseed · 01-22-2007, 07:36 AM

Elephants are a steadily growing population.

stickycarrots · 01-22-2007, 09:13 AM

I just recently decided to put some links on Wikipedia. I'm glad I didn't spend much time on it...

GeorgeB · 01-22-2007, 11:37 AM

I post links on Wikipedia for the traffic, not the SEO.

01-21-2007, 02:20 AM	#1 (permalink)
ConceptualMind Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 369	Wikipedia - External Links Are Now "nofollow" At Jimbo Wales' directive, all external links within the English language Wikipedia are now coded "nofollow" -- this should help cut spamming immensely once word gets out in the SEO community. Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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01-21-2007, 10:21 AM	#8 (permalink)
emp Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,627	Yes, external links from wikipedia are/were discounted at some SEs already. While this might affect SE rankings, a good spam on wikipedia will still get the follow through traffic. ::emp:: __________________ Blind Ape Seo ¦ My WickedFire articles

01-21-2007, 03:45 AM	#4 (permalink)
jened Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: upstate NY Posts: 985	so any countries left that still don't have nofollow in place?

01-21-2007, 04:30 AM	#6 (permalink)
drloveless Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 105	I thought they would have done it long ago.

01-21-2007, 10:18 AM	#7 (permalink)
aim Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 1,143	Yeah, that sucks. All those hours spent spamming wikipedia, gone to waste... Actually I've always thought that the SE's probably already discounted external links from wikipedia to an extent anyway. What kind of huge effect to you think this can have across the web? I mean Wikipedia is such a huge authoritative site, I bet all of their external links were serving as anchors for lots of other sites, etc..

01-21-2007, 11:16 AM	#9 (permalink)
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01-21-2007, 11:27 AM	#11 (permalink)
aim Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 1,143	I have dozens of links inside Wikipedia for site which rank very well for their keywords. I'll report back if I notice a drop in SERPS from this change.

01-21-2007, 11:12 PM	#13 (permalink)
thekohser Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 5	Centiare to the rescue! I hope the folks on this message board realize that Wikipedia ([WikiEN-l] Nofollow back on URL links on en.wikipedia.org articles for now) literally wishes death upon anyone who tries to add links for SEO purposes. But, please don't despair. I am co-developing a new wiki directory called Centiare that is proving to me (and I hope proves to others, soon) that because we're employing semantic tagging, we're actually getting BETTER Google search results than Wikipedia gets. In fact, if you search Google for ..."largest commercial printers" Orlando... you'll discover that "Fidelity Press" comes up #2, thanks to a Centiare page about it. But there's no Wikipedia mention. Why? Because Google actually OMITS the Wikipedia result for "Fidelity Press" as a duplicate, we surmise because it "prefers" the Centiare semweb technology over the page from Wikipedia! People, stop fighting against the children who run Wikipedia, read this (http://www.sbwire.com/news/view/10157), and this (Centiare:Search Engine Optimization) - Centiare, the free directory, and get your SEO in gear at Centiare. We would WELCOME you -- not figure out ways to ban you. Gregory Kohs Co-Developer, Centiare.com

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01-22-2007, 09:13 AM	#16 (permalink)
stickycarrots Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 397	I just recently decided to put some links on Wikipedia. I'm glad I didn't spend much time on it...

01-22-2007, 11:37 AM	#17 (permalink)
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